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For him assassination of patrolman Edwin Caro Gómez, in El Nogal, in the north of Bogotá, a 28-year-old man of Venezuelan nationality.
He is listed as allegedly involved in the murder and he would be part of an organized gang dedicated to armed robbery and motorcycle robbery.
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“With the Prosecutor’s Office we are expanding the information. We are going for the band, that is our job. It is also our job to provide security in the sector and throughout Bogotá,” General Jorge Vargas, director of the National Police, assured Citytv.
Citytv also learned in the last hours the testimony of the other patrol car that accompanied Caro when everything happened. “I was patrolling with Caro and we saw two men on a motorcycle, they were in a (…) black one with a suitcase of Rappi and we border them. We searched him and everything was normal, in Rappi’s bag I searched him, everything was normal, and they have a little pocket on the back “, said the agent.
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There, in that pocket, the men carried two firearms. When discovered, they attacked them. “They took out my pistols and started shooting at us”, account the agent.
In the middle of that, Caro was mortally wounded, one of the criminals also died and the other, wounded, tried to flee.
Caro’s partner followed him. Also added to the persecution was a patrol car attached to the protection scheme of the High Counselor for Human Rights, Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez, who was in the area. Finally, they found the accused criminal, identified as Wilkerson Slyke Hernandez.
There is no identification of the dead criminal so far.
Wilkerson Slyke Hernandez
Is it a criminal gang?
The Secretary of Security, Hugo Acero, in an interview with EL TIEMPO, said that they are investigating whether there are people close to the two criminals, to establish if they are a criminal gang.
Initially, the Police took on the first case, then the Prosecutor’s Office appeared and took on an investigation of two people implicated in the murder. Then they continue with the evaluation of the facts to find out if there are people close to these criminals.
Later, Mayor Claudia López confirmed that they are Venezuelan citizens, but warned that they are a minority. In addition, he called for work against them.
The head of the Bogotá Security Secretariat explained that in 2018 about 2,800 Venezuelans were arrested committing crimes. “In 2019, the figure rose to 4,800. In 2020, the figure approached 4,000 people of foreign origin, particularly Venezuelans,” he said.
Acero added: “It must be recognized that the vast majority of migrants, especially Venezuelans, are people trying to survive. Unfortunately there are a few dedicated to criminal activities.”
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A new tribute
The Metropolitan Police of Bogotá woke up in mourning. At 6 am this Thursday another tribute to Edwin Caro Gómez began.
In Carrera 7 with Calle 79, the point where Caro was mortally wounded, today a tribute was made with floral crowns, photos and work objects of the uniformed man.
Óscar Herrera, the victim’s brother, was present at the tribute. “One asks for justice. I just want to give strength to my little mother, who is in the house, longing that one day her son will return“lamented Herrera, who, in fact, has been part of the National Army for 15 years.
Also present was the patrol car who was with Caro in the procedure that resulted in tragedy. “I am still in my institution and we are going to continue fighting as much as possible,” he managed to articulate in uniform before breaking down.
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Tribute to the patrolman killed in El Nogal
Mauricio Moreno / TIME
Tribute to the patrolman killed in El Nogal
Mauricio Moreno / TIME
Tribute to the patrolman killed in El Nogal
Mauricio Moreno / TIME
In the place is also the commander of the Metropolitan Police of Bogotá, General Óscar Gómez Heredia, who assured: “We are going to continue with the investigations. We want to establish whether these criminals were part of a larger structure.”
Around 7 am it was confirmed that the mayor of Bogotá, Claudia López, had come to accompany the tribute.
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BOGOTÁ – CITY TV
* With reporting by Leonardo Ballesteros and Edwin Suá, journalists from Arriba Bogotá
